# Electrocution, electric shock at Stark Tech Operating Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024064982` · 6/6/2024 · MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Catwalks
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Stark Tech Operating Company, LLC
- **Location:** 100 North Babcock Street, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, 32935
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a variable frequency device to an HVAC system when he was exposed to 480-volts and fell 10 feet off the mezzanine catwalk to the ground. The employee sustained an electric shock and a sore back.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*